Mental illness, like any health concern, can disrupt the ability to work. Less than 20 percent of people who receive publicly funded mental health services are employed, although research consistently demonstrates that, with the right supports, 40-60 percent of people with serious mental illness...

This Center for Health Care Strategies policy brief draws insights from 10 states with programs for low-income childless adults to shed light on the likely care needs and costs of the 16 to 20 million new Medicaid beneficiaries who will be brought into the program in 2014. A significant subset...

Little national information is available to help policymakers understand the methods that states use to regulate residential facilities for children with mental illness. This article describes the results of a government-sponsored survey of state officials that examined how states license,...

There is little national information on the policies and procedures used by states to regulate residential treatment facilities for adults and children with mental illness. As a result, policymakers and program administrators face major difficulties in determining both the effectiveness of...

This study assessed the effectiveness of a discharge planning program implemented in three Oklahoma state prisons to assist inmates with serious mental illness to enroll in Medicaid on the day of release or soon thereafter. The program had significant positive effects. On the day of release, 25...

This paper describes gaps in services for low-income people with serious mental illness, as reported by mental health professionals and other observers in 12 communities in the U.S. According to respondents, service gaps have grown in recent years—especially for the...

This brief, prepared by Mathematica and the Center for Health Care Strategies for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Integrated Care Resource Center, explores promising state options for integrating physical and behavioral health services for high-need, high-cost Medicaid populations...